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Inedo BuildMaster vs Jenkins comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Inedo BuildMaster
Ranking in Build Automation
33rd
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jenkins
Ranking in Build Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Inedo BuildMaster is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 9.9%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jenkins9.9%
Inedo BuildMaster0.9%
Other89.2%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Rajat Rawat - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Specialist at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Deployment agent that allows us to deploy out to various other servers but doesn't provide build automation
I would rate this solution as six out of ten. There isn't a big learning curve. It's a very straightforward and simple tool. It can be used anywhere to deploy your code or to configure files. I would recommend it, but there are already better tools in the market. We feel that it's probably not the best tool available, even though we have used it for quite some time. The automation with the REST APIs and other types of APIs isn't that great. There are some things you need to do manually to set up the tool. Other tools provide things you can do automatically through APIs. Inedo BuildMaster is a good tool if you want to have some deployments in your company. The problem is that it's a very limited tool and needs some additional features, like an approval based process for REST APIs. It only works for deployment-related things. These days, tools like Jenkins and DevOps are coming up with build automation. Because Inedo BuildMaster is a deployment-centered tool, you'll need to use a different tool for build automation, which makes it less likely to be used. If they work on that aspect, the solution would be better.
JI
Principal Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Efficient resource allocation and robust workflow with autoscaling capabilities
In Kubernetes, we use node-based architecture with nodes and pods and follow practices like RBAC and rollback. Multiple pods can run concurrently. We benefit from Kubernetes' ability to autoscale pods and use horizontal pod autoscalers to adjust the number of pods based on metrics like CPU or memory usage, ensuring efficient resource allocation and stability under load.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Technical support is quick to respond. I haven't had any issues with them."
"We really appreciate that this solution is plug and play, and when coding in the version control system, this product completes the build process automatically."
"This solution has helped us in automating the build and test process, reducing time."
"We have branches in Egypt and branches in Dubai that are using Jenkins for the whole automation process and we're really enjoying using it."
"The most valuable aspect of Jenkins is pipeline customization. Jenkins provides a declarative pipeline as well as a scripted pipeline. The scripted pipeline uses a programming language. You can customize it to your needs, so we use Jenkins because other solutions like Travis and Spinnaker don't allow much customization."
"Potential deployment problems pop up almost instantly during the development process, and the developers are more confident about their committed code."
"It can scale easily."
"Jenkins is a very mature product; it has got a lot of support as far as integrating Jenkins with other tools is concerned, with many plugins available in both open-source and commercial ecosystems, and it is easy to configure, easy to scale, and the initial setup is easy."
"There is a cost saving by using Jenkins because instead, we do not have to depend on the public cloud or any private cloud CI tools."
 

Cons

"The documentation should be better. It should be very easy to call REST APIs, and the documentation has to be perfect for that."
"Jenkins could improve by allowing more scripting languages. We need to use Groovy scripting and it is difficult to debug and it is not ideal for creating file scripts. We tried to search for assistance but we did not find much help."
"We cannot change the ownership of any directory or file or any kind of directory."
"It would be better if there were an option to remove its Java dependency. This would make it more compatible with other software, and it could be much better. At present, we have to depend on Java whenever we want to deploy agents."
"The user interface could be updated a little."
"The usability and user interface could be improved."
"I'd like to see some more features for scriptwriting and a more user-friendly UI for creating pipelines."
"We sometimes face challenges during version upgrades, such as failures when migrating Kubernetes versions."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of an Artifactory (Universal artifact repository manager)."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's free software with a big community behind it, which is very good."
"In our company, we do pay for the licensing of the solution."
"It is a free product."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There is not a license required to use the solution because it is open-source."
"Jenkins is an open-source tool."
"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."
"The tool is open-source."
"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise58
 

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